Re: [Exim] default delivery from aliases file

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: exim-users
CC: edmundo
Subject: Re: [Exim] default delivery from aliases file
* Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@???> [20020123 02:45]: wrote:
> Various bits of on-line documentation led me to believe that I can put
> a line like "*: edmund" in /etc/aliases to get all otherwise
> undelivered mail sent to me, but it doesn't work, even when I added
> the '*' in exim.conf:
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = aliasfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> file = /etc/aliases
> search_type = lsearch*
>
> What's the best way of achieving this?



In exim config file


errors_copy = *@domain.name postmaster


then in aliases file

postmaster:    edmund



What happens is that the originator of the e-mail gets a bounce
and the postmaster gets the same bounce via a Bcc



-Wash

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